US President Barack Obama raises a toast to the great partnership of India and America and to the friendship of the people of the two nations. Special: Obama in India

President Pranab Mukherjee (right) and US President Barack Obama during their meeting at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Sunday. (PTI Photo)

US President Barack Obama arrived in India on Sunday morning on a three-day state visit during which he will attend the Republic Day parade as chief guest and also hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Special: Obama in India

Here are LIVE updates:

President Pranab Mukherjee (right) and US President Barack Obama during their meeting at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Sunday. (PTI Photo)

9. 40 pm: President Obama raises a toast to the great partnership of India and America and to the friendship of the people of the two nations.

US President Barack Obama at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

9. 39 pm: Tonight I was thinking of wearing a Modi kurta myself : President Obama

9. 38 pm: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is tough: President Obama

Around 250 guests have been invited for the banquet hosted by President Pranab Mukherjee.

9. 37 pm: I also want to thank you for not making me dance again: President Obama

9. 36 pm: I want to extend my thanks for the extraordinary hospitality that you have shown us today: President Obama

US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday.

9. 33 pm: Your presense at R-Day will reflect the growing ties of friendship & trust that binds our 2 democracies closely: President Pranab Mukherjee to US President Barack Obama

9. 31 pm: Relationship with the US is a special one and proud that we are creating history together, says President Pranab Mukherjee

11:20 am: PM Narendra Modi, US President Barack Obama likely to set new bilateral trade targets.

11:15 am: I think investment and trade relations will improve. This is an occasion to be marked: Union Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy.

11:00 am: Never in the history of India has a US President been invited for R-Day celebrations. We do not welcome him: CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta.

10:30 am: US President Barack Obama reaches Hotel Maurya Sheraton.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeting US President Barack Obama with a hug.

10:26 am: I heartily welcome yoga practitioner Michelle Obama and US President Barack Obama in the land of yoga, tweets Baba Ramdev.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes US President Barack Obama.

10:18 am: As Obama alighted from his Air Force One jet shortly after 9:45 am local time, Modi, donning a prominent red shawl across his beige-coloured Nehru jacket welcomed Obama, wearing a dark suit, with a hug. The two kept clasping hands, chatting and joking like old friends.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Barack Obama and US First Lady Michelle Obama. Photo: AP.

10:15 am: The US president was accompanied by his wife Michelle, wearing a white and blue flower-printed dress. The welcoming ceremony was short and the Obamas were whisked away within minutes in The Beast, the presidential limousine, that was parked right across the red carpet.

10:12 am: Senior Cabinet ministers including Gadkari, Jaitley, Piyush Goel will be in banquet hosted in honor of Obama at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

08:35 am: US President Barack Obama's presidential plane Air Force One will land in New Delhi at 10 am.

08:30 am: The US President would be accorded a ceremonial reception at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan and later proceed to Raj Ghat to lay a wreath at the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi. He will also plant a sapling at the venue.

08:25 am: At 1 pm, Obama is to attend a luncheon meeting with Modi at Hyderabad House.

08:20 am: Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal as minister-in-waiting for the visit is to receive Obama at the Air Force Station, Palam, as well as escort and assist him throughout the visit.

Obama and his wife Michelle wave before leaving for India on January 24. Photo: PTI.

08:15 am: Obama is arriving at the head of high-level delegation that includes, among others, Democratic House minority leader Nancy Pelosi and Ami Bera, co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans.

08:10 am: This is the second visit of Obama to India as president and the first time a US president is attending the Republic Day parade as chief guest.

08:05 am: The two sides will hold delegation-level talks at Hyderabad House and later address the media.

08:00 am: In the evening, Obama would call on President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan and also attend a banquet hosted by the president.

07:55 am: On Monday, Obama would attend the Republic Day parade as chief guest during which India's military might and cultural diversity would be showcased in a two-hour open air event.

Barack Obama with wife Michelle leaves US for their India trip. Photo: AP.

07:50 am: Obama was to have flown down to Agra to see the Taj Mahal on Tuesday, but that leg of the visit has been cancelled and he would be leaving for Riyadh to condole the death of Saudi King Abdullah.

07:45 am: In his message to Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee on the occasion of the 66th Republic Day, Obama said he and his wife Michelle were looking forward to India visit and enjoy the "generosity, hospitality, and beauty that marked our last visit" in 2010.

US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle left for India from Washington on January 24. Photo: PTI.

07:40 am: Obama said that it is a "great honour to serve as India's Chief Guest during the Republic Day celebrations. Michelle and I very much look forward to returning to India, and once again enjoying the generosity, hospitality, and beauty that marked our last visit in 2010."

07:30 am: On the eve of his visit to India, US President Barack Obama said the ties between India and the United States will continue to deepen in the 21st century on the basis of democratic ideals contained in the Constitutions of both the countries.